Musings From a Stay At Home Mom
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Many states require some form of testing or evaluation to show that homeschooled kids are learning. A great place to easily check the laws in your state – or a state you may move to – is HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association.) For my state of New Hampshire, we are required to submit an annual… read more »
I know I don’t blog about homeschooling a lot. Which is silly because I do homeschool my kids. Why? If I’m being completely honest, I’ve been struggling with homeschooling. Up until recently, I had the notion that it had to take over my life. That we had to become homeschoolers. You know, live and breathe… read more »
Today, I’m featured at Hammock Tracks Homeschool for a homeschool interview. I hope you’ll head over and read more about me as a homeschooling mom. You’ll find answers to questions, such as: What is your goal in home educating your children? Do you have a defined style of instruction? What was your number one… read more »
Most people I meet are very supportive of our homeschooling and of the mindset of “Wow, I could never do it, but good for you.” Then someone comes along, who you thought was supportive, only to find out how they really feel when they point out a flaw in your child and blame it on… read more »
Emily is 5 years old and we’ve been doing some kindergarten. Her birthday falls in November, so she is past the cut-off date and would be in preschool if we sent her to public school. I didn’t want the pressure of kindergarten quite yet but I felt she was ready for some of the work… read more »
I found these in a catalog a couple years ago, bought 2 packs with the intention of giving it to Nathan & Emily at Easter, put them in a drawer, and promptly forgot about them. I found them this past spring (a year later) and was afraid it was too late. But since it wouldn’t… read more »
Emily and Nathan each have a sturdy 3 ring binder with a clear plastic pocket in the front. Every school year, I search online and print out a neat picture for each child. Last year, I found a cool tornado picture for Nathan and added his name to it. This year, he has a volcano… read more »
I’m long overdue for a homeschooling post – after all I am a homeschooling mom and that is a huge part of my life. But I’ve been pretty exhausted from it all and just didn’t want to think or talk about homeschooling this summer. I always order our books in April so it’s not like… read more »
That’s right – we are finished with school for the summer! It wasn’t easy, but Nathan & I worked very hard and we finished his last tests on Friday. (Schools around here usually go until mid-June.) It helped that we started school early last fall and we took less time off around Christmas and no… read more »
Whew, I am tired today. My sweet little Lukey (as we often call him) was up a lot last night. He’s hit another growth spurt and ate a lot yesterday. Unfortunately, that seemed to bother his tummy & last night he woke up many times in pain, with a tummy ache/gassiness. Luke’s been sleeping amazingly… read more »
I can hardly believe that a whole month has passed since Luke joined our family. In a way, it seems like he’s been with us forever – I’m beginning to not be able to imagine life without him. But at the same time, this past month has really flown by (doesn’t it always?) Luke is… read more »
We are slowly settling into what is our “new normal.” It’s been a week since my last post and a lot has happened.For one thing, we are all healthy (for now – knock on wood, right?) It took me a couple extra days to get over that cold, but once my doctor told me to… read more »
The theme for this week’s link-up is birthdays – How do you celebrate your homeschooler’s birthday during the school day? We usually keep it pretty simple in our home, but birthdays are important and a big deal. The birthday child gets to pick out what they want for breakfast, they might get a lighter load for school that… read more »
I thought I’d jump on a homeschool “blog hop” today. Today’s question is – “When did you first hear about homeschooling?“ This is pretty easy for me. I was homeschooled myself. My mom pulled me out of public school after 1st grade and homeschooled me from 2nd grade all the way up through 12th grade…. read more »
Our first day of school went okay. There were a few tears and some frustrations, but that’s to be expected on the first day after a long summer break. It didn’t help that I was pretty tired yesterday as I didn’t get enough sleep the night before, thanks to my husband jolting me awake with… read more »
